A newspaper’s analysis of South Dakota accident records shows that 21 passengers younger than 14 died in the past seven years in accidents after not being restrained in a car seat or safety belt. The Argus Leader reports that nearly …
Investigators say the California driver of a car that flipped, killing two passengers, had a blood-alcohol level three times the legal driving limit. San Luis Obispo County prosecutors say 21-year-old Evan Alexander Green, a Chico State University student, pleaded not …
Officials say rescue workers had a difficult time reaching the body of a man killed in a central Pennsylvania trench collapse because the hole was unstable. Manheim Township Fire Chief Rick Kane says the walls of the trench were not …
A motorist driving the wrong-way on a California desert interstate is dead after slamming head-on into a big-rig. The trucker wasn’t hurt, but his tractor-trailer rig carrying paper and electronic equipment caught fire. The California Highway Patrol says the crash …
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited two companies for a fatal accident at a plant construction site in Chippewa Falls. OSHA issued what it calls a “serious” citation, in which it’s likely the companies knew or should have …
Investigators say the fatal crash of a small plane in northern Colorado left a 2-foot-deep crater. The National Transportation Safety Board says the single-engine airplane was found upside down about eight feet from the crater after the May 22 crash. …
State transportation officials have suspended bridge construction projects being done by a company involved in a fatal accident in Knoxville. The Tennessee Department of Transportation in Nashville said Wednesday it has halted work under way by Britton Bridge LLC even …
New Hampshire prosecutors are fighting to use forensic evidence in the trial of a man charged with setting a 1989 fire that killed four people in Keene. Lawyers for 54-year-old David McLeod are in court Tuesday challenging the validity of …
Police in California say a man who was denied entry into an Oakland nightclub opened fire with an assault rifle, killing two and wounding four others. Authorities are searching for the suspects in the shooting, which happened shortly before 1 …
A federal team has been assigned to investigate a train accident in southwest Iowa that left two crew members dead, officials said Monday. A news release from the National Transportation Safety Board said Michael Flannigan, the lead NTSB investigator, will …